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Use of unmanned aircraft to smuggle prohibited goods into prisons

Jun

19

2017

A new report on the use of drones more than a dozen times to smuggle legally prohibited goods into federal prisons over the past five years, according to documents obtained from the Department of Justice in the United States, where various reports indicate that smuggling Proved to be popular.

Large companies like Amazon are testing unmanned aerial delivery systems, and prisoners in various United States jails are already using those aircraft to receive air shipments containing illegal contraband goods, including mobile phones, drugs and pornography.

Experts point out that currently unmanned anti-aircraft technologies fail to protect prisons against unmanned aerial vehicles transporting dangerous materials, including firearms, which are almost impossible to obtain through traditional smuggling routes within prisons.

“Civilian drones have become cheaper, easier to operate and more powerful, and an increasing number of criminals seem to recognize their potential value as tools for bad deeds,” said Troy Roll, a law professor at Arizona State University.

Australian police said in 2014 that an unmanned drone had helped to organize organized drug trafficking, and another incident in South Carolina later that year when a drone crashed while trying to deliver drugs.

The list continues to increase. In 2015, a battle for a drug package was launched at the Ohio facility. Another incident that year was the arrest of two people attempting to smuggle legally prohibited goods using an unmanned aerial vehicle.

There are many debates and questions on what to do about this problem. In April, the United Kingdom announced a new team dedicated to combating this issue. At the same time, the US Prison Service sent requests for technology that could be used to stop aircraft near facilities Facilities and prisons.

The smuggling of prohibited goods is legally prohibited by any means in violation of federal law, but there is currently no law banning unmanned aircraft from flying near correctional facilities.

It is impossible to obtain a full number of such incidents, but it seems clear that such smuggling can be very profitable at times. Prosecutors said in a recent case that a smuggler was making $ 6,000 for each smuggled cargo to the organization Reformed in Maryland by a marching aircraft